With the Valentine’s Day looming in the horizon (braise yourselves for the overly commercialized season of sugary frivolousness), I thought I should celebrate my love for food this February. And what better way than to explore the roots of our very o... Read More...

In 2017, I turned 30.
2017 had been a busy year. There were quite a few significant milestones achieved, quite a lot of challenges faced, choices to be made – it was hardly eventless. But I am content. Every step I’ve taken, every decision made ha... Read More...

A 3 ingredient recipe that takes just minutes to make. No baking, no hassle.
I've used Zellers by Maliban to make this super easy recipe. If not I would have had to process biscuits, chocolate and whatnot separately. Using Zellers is my work cut i... Read More...

2017 is almost gone and 2018 is around the corner. And when it comes, you’ll need something very special to welcome it.
I look back on my life and I cannot help but be satisfied. I have made the most of this year and that is all that matters. It’s... Read More...

Well, I’ve done it again.
What is it you ask. It is posting a recipe that was meant for Christmas after the day because I was too lazy to do the work related to it.
There is no excuse.
However I shall comfort myself with the fact that you wi... Read More...

This is the season of abundance and that includes abundance of guests!
So how do you prepare yourself for the hordes who will come knocking at such short notice? I may have a solution for you.
If you had ever made a bonfire or had camped outsid... Read More...

Sometimes you just gotta say, fudge it.
Christmas is just approaching and you are tired to the bone, having worked your backside off the entire year and you just can’t wait to get out of office and get under the covers of those comforting annual ... Read More...

How would you like a cupcake with chunks of creamy white chocolate, studded with rub red pieces of cherries? What if you encountered a gooey dark chocolate and then a crunchy multilayered biscuit at the bottom of it all? These cherry cupcakes fit the... Read More...

So what really is the best thing about December for you?
For me, it’s obviously the food and the festivities surrounding it. Or is it the other way round?
Paan Paan has the exact same thing in mind it seems. And for the month of December, Paan ... Read More...

Can you smell it? Can you feel it in the air?
December is fast approaching and the air is already buzzing with electricity. There is a certain perfume in the air- a subtle smokiness reminiscent of good food, great company and happy times. December... Read More...

Sri Lanka is just your typical, ordinary island in the sun. We drink coconuts out of the tree and eat seafood right off the ocean, wear coconut leaves around our waist and dance to folk songs on the beach all day.
NOT.
While this tiny island ma... Read More...

If you grew up in the 90’s in Sri Lanka, chances are that you are of the custard pudding generation.
Back in the day, custard pudding and jelly was a delicacy. It was what our mothers made for us on Sundays and on any other day if we were good. It... Read More...